Ipoh (federal constituency)

Ipoh was a federal constituency in Perak, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1959 to 1995.

Ipoh

Perak constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Ipoh
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya
1st	1959-1963	D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP
Parliament of Malaysia
1st	1963-1964	D. R. Seenivasagam	PPP
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Parliament was suspended[1][2]
3rd	1971-1973	R. C. Mahadeva Rayan	PPP
	1973-1974		BN (PPP)
4th	1974-1978	Lim Cho Hock (林子鹤)	DAP
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Peter Chin Gan Oon (陈仁安)	BN (MCA)
7th	1986-1990	Patto Perumal	DAP
8th	1990-1995	Lau Dak Kee (刘德琦)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Ipoh Barat

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lau Dak Kee	22,617	58.00
	BN	Peter Chin Gan Oon	16,377	42.00
Total valid votes			38,994	100.00
Total rejected ballots			795
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			39,789	65.81
Registered electors
Majority			6,240
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Patto Perumal	21,401	56.25
	BN	Wong Chin Chye	15,747	41.39
	SDP	Chan Kok Keong	900	2.37
Total valid votes			38,048	100.00
Total rejected ballots			694
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			38,742	66.28
Registered electors			58,454
Majority			5,654
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Peter Chin Gan Oon	29,022	53.73
	DAP	Lim Choo Hock	23,700	43.87
	Independent	Leong Wai Mun	1,297	2.40
Total valid votes			54,019	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,185
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			55,204	72.06
Registered electors			76,613
Majority			5,322
	BN gain from DAP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Cho Hock	30,680	63.32
	BN	Kuan Peng Soon @ Kuan Peng Ching	17,771	36.68
Total valid votes			48,451	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			63,408
Majority			12,909
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Lim Cho Hock	23,058	62.11
	BN	R. C. Mahadeva Rayan	12,283	33.09
	Independent	Too Joon Hing	1,781	4.80
Total valid votes			37,122	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,125
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			38,247	74.17
Registered electors			51,569
Majority			10,775
	DAP gain from PPP		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	R. C. Mahadeva Rayan	23,979	82.09
	Alliance	Toh Seang Eng	5,231	17.91
Total valid votes			29,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			926
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,136	74.01
Registered electors			40,718
Majority			18,748
	PPP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	D. R. Seenivasagam	13,800	55.25
	Alliance	Cheah Chun Ching	8,897	35.62
	Socialist Front	Wong Kim Thim	2,280	9.13
Total valid votes			24,977	100.00
Total rejected ballots			831
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			25,808	77.59
Registered electors			33,261
Majority			4,903
	PPP hold		Swing

Malayan general election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PPP	D. R. Seenivasagam	12,242	60.53
	Alliance	Chang Hoey Chan	6,531	32.29
	Socialist Front	Yoon Foo Thong	1,452	7.18
Total valid votes			20,225	100.00
Total rejected ballots			167
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,392	66.95
Registered electors			30,457
Majority			5,711
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

1. Ahmad Fauzi Mustafa (2012-03-12). "Hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong ada kuasa panggil Parlimen bersidang". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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